Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

I help organizations optimize their data without loss of information by minimizing their processing and transmission costs, with a positive environmental footprint.

I ethically found and reported multiple security vulnerabilities enabling exfiltration of sensitive data in websites and software so they could be fixed before malicious actors could exploit them.

I championed and coached best practices for a digital signing service used by banks, including initiating and following up on more team process improvement initiatives than all other team members combined.

I saved a project that was stuck in development hell for 5+ years in less than 3 months, and helped modernize the architecture and development practices of a live phone voice authentication and fraud detection system.

I produced and published a 2-hour educational video course on demand for professionals about cybersecurity, which achieved an average user review score of 4.7/5.

I successfully managed and mentored a small team of subordinates working on business-critical accounting software with 1000+ configuration settings, and aligned people and processes beyond my direct team.

I cleaned up and refactored 100+ automated test cases to enable continuous deployment, while identifying and mentoring work colleagues about preventing and fixing major security vulnerabilities.

I led a successful transformation to Agile methodologies as part of product management by investing in long-term goals, and gave direction to the product after the company lost its CEO.

I revolutionized the company's culture by introducing Agile methodologies, causing a chain reaction for sustained continuous improvements across various departments.

I shipped business-critical features integrated with 50+ external services linked to banks, enterprise resource planning software, identity providers and travel agencies, all while correcting upstream specifications errors.

In addition to saving multiple struggling scientific research-related projects through business requirements analysis with clients, I successfully built and managed the entire quality assurance department from scratch.

I shipped benchmark 3D racing games for early smartphones, and implemented its physics-based audio and interface while taking the initiative to unblock colleagues whenever others would introduce critical bugs.

I developed 11 video game titles on multiple platforms, including many popular blockbusters, while achieving industry records in technical quality for them, and mentored co-workers how to replicate these achievements.

I shipped 5 video game titles, including some on multiple platforms, and found and reported many technical compliance issues with them during development.

Certificate Of Quantum Excellence, Computer Science

I achieved the highest honors for an intensive 2-week quantum programming course designed for real hardware on the cloud, while working.

Certificat En Informatique Appliquée, Computer Science

I completed 81 credits during my studies, including 12 credits with an A+ rank, a successful Master's level research project, and Teaching.